Populism

Thirty years after Eastern European states began their transition out of socialism, the outcomes of the process are still contested.

Far-right populism and green politics are now rivals in opposite corners of a polarised political ring.

The Kremlin is inclined to leave Europeans with no alternative but to reset a strategic dialogue. To achieve this Moscow will have to use a variety of its assets.

Human rights and neoliberalism both rose to prominence in the last decades of the 20th century, but what is the relationship between the two?

In a France dominated by leaders without movements and rocked by movements without leaders, can political ecology build on EU election success to help fix the crisis of representation?

Sociologist Karolina Wigura calls for a move from the pervasive politics of fear which has seen the rise of the far-right to a politics with a positive vision based on hope.

The EUI professor examines Europe’s ongoing struggle over social values in times of rising Islamophobia and growing nostalgia for a Christian Europe.

Although progressive social movements engage less and less with the EU following its direction of the economic and refugee crises, the struggle for ‘another Europe’ is not lost.

As a way of doing politics, populism is here to stay. Its opponents must offer real alternatives and keep political debate grounded upon the choices at hand.

Looking to historical and US-based examples offers a springboard to discuss European integration at a time of rising nationalism and populism.